Tag Archives: anime

So technically this isn’t my first blog post (my first was a Detolf baseball case shelf tutorial) but I’ve never really bothered writing any kind of proper blog in the past, so I’ll treat this blog entry as my “first” post here on MFC. As the title says, it will be a look into the history that built up to the start of my figure collecting hobby (my 2012 year-end update will come as a separate post). Its a huge block-o-text that is probably half ranting, half linked pictures, and maybe a few words of interest here and there. That …

Winter 2012 anime season chart. Reposted from neregate See MyAnimeList for my list of watching/completed anime. Check out AnimeCalendar for a nifty tool to keep up-to-date with airing anime.

Fall 2012 anime season chart + comments. Reposted from moetron. See MyAnimeList for my list of watching/completed anime. Check out AnimeCalendar for a nifty tool to keep up-to-date with airing anime.

This was a weekly discussion topic post I made for my language studies class, EALC 169: Advanced Japanese Popular Culture (i.e. the anime studies and analysis class). The original topic was the discussion of the book, Beautiful Fighting Girl by Tamaki Saito. The following is a rant comparing the top voted animes of 1997 and 2011 and how Saito’s “beautiful fighting girl” theory fits in (or doesn’t) today.

IKEA’s Detolfs are arguably the cheapest glass display cases you’ll find around but with one major issue: there are only 4 shelves. For most collectors, 4 shelves is far from enough to display all your awesome figures. Each shelf is also pretty deep, so filling them normally would only result in the back figures being blocked from the front. And because each shelf is so tall, there’s a lot of empty space. The easy solution: make more shelves! By creating a second, elevated “shelf” in the back using baseball card cases, you will now be able to display an entire …

(Direct download) Uninstall ~VY1 Mizki Cover~ Cover by VOCALOID2 VY1 “Mizki” Original song “Uninstall” sung by Chiaki Ishikawa for the anime “Bokurano” Recompiled by Keripo based on VSQ by Cover-P (sango312) Downloads: http://keripo.com/static/anime/vocaloid/music/ NicoNico Douga: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12128354 Cover-P (sango312)’s channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/sango312 Bokurano’s official website: http://www.gonzo.co.jp/archives/bokurano/index01.html VOCALOID2 VY1’s official website: http://www.vocaloid.com/VY1.html Audio software: VOCALOID2 with VY1’s voice-bank, Audacity 1.2.6 Video software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, SUPER Video Converter Modifications: correction of some pronunciations in sango312’s VSQ file, tweaking individual note pitch/dynamics/etc. to fit VY1’s voice set. Modified VY1 voice configurations: Breathiness: 0 / Brightness: 50 / Clearness: 10 / …

(Direct download) Love is War ~Lily Concert Ver~ Cover by VOCALOID2「Lily」 Original song 「恋は戦争」 written by ryo (Supercell) for Miku Hatsune (VOCALOID2「Hatsune Miku – CV01」) Recompiled by Keripo based on VSQ by Cover-P (sango312) Original artwork by きらばがに Downloads: http://keripo.com/static/anime/vocaloid/music/ NicoNico Douga: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12114380 Original video: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2397344 Cover-P (sango312)’s channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/sango312 きらばがに’s pixiv page: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1107124 VOCALOID2 Lily’s official website: http://www.ssw.co.jp/products/vocal/lily/index.html VOCALOID2’s official website: http://www.vocaloid.com/ Audio software: VOCALOID2 with Lily voice-bank, Audacity 1.2.6 Video software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, SUPER Video Converter Modifications: minor tweaks to sango312’s VSQ file, audio-effects via Audacity Modified Lily voice configuration: Breathiness: -127 / …